Trumpism is a warning from America's collective unconscious

I have what some would consider to be an off the wall theory about how the improbable election of Donald Trump came about.

Consider this possibility: what if it was meant as a warning sent to the American people by our collective unconscious? What if it's purpose was to alert us to perilous self-destructive impulses that lie below the level of national awareness - impulses that would bring a tragic end the American experiment?

Donald Trump embodies, and is a reflection of the worst elements embedded within the fabric that is America. He has given free expression to the bassist and most vile elements within our culture. He has turned good into evil and evil into good. He has made heroes of murderous despots and turned virtuous men of honor into villains.

But now, because of the toxic presidency we brought about, we know these impulses exist within the nation's psyche. Now we can counter by engaging our collective goodwill to purge this toxic invading energy. We can refute the doctrine of hate and division, and infuse our nation with the healing energy of compassion and kindness. 

Indeed, Trump is not the cause of our present dysfunction - he is a symptom.

His toxic presidency has made us aware of the disease of fear infecting our cultural anatomy. Fear breeds hatred, hatred breeds violence, both physical and emotional.

As such, surgical removal is not the answer.

There is always the threat the cancer has metastasized and will recur. The cure must come from recognizing the organic source of the disease at its deepest levels. We can then work to first, heal the wounds causing fear and hatred, and then radically re-program our social and economic relationships. That means reprogramming to support the best impulses of the human soul - and being satisfied only when everyone is involved and benefits equally.

This is the only effective antidote to toxic Trumpism.